Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies DIAS Courses

The Welsh Bardic Poet as Literary Critic

Delve into the Welsh bardic tradition through an academic exploration of poetic criticism and literary analysis in medieval Wales, examining how bards functioned as critics of their craft.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Mathematics and Physics: An Entangled Tango - The Dance Between Theoretical Physics and Pure Mathematics

Explore the fascinating interplay between theoretical physics and pure mathematics, from historical connections to modern string theory and unified theories of everything.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Thermodynamics as a Tool for Quantum Gravitational Dynamics

Explore how thermodynamics of local causal horizons encodes gravitational dynamics and its implications for understanding quantum gravity effects.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Newgrange and JWST: Humanity's Enduring Quest to Understand the Universe

Explore humanity's cosmic quest through Newgrange and JWST, bridging ancient and modern astronomy to unravel our place in the universe.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Are Entropy Bounds Epistemic?

Explore interpretations of covariant entropy bounds in quantum gravity, examining ontological vs epistemic perspectives and their implications for gravitational phenomena.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

A Simple Axiom for Euclidean Quantum Field Theory

Explore a concise mathematical definition of quantum field theory and its implications for physics through a categorical approach to Riemannian manifolds and Hilbert spaces.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Numerical Relativity in Effective Field Theories of Gravity

Explore gravitational-wave astronomy and its implications for testing General Relativity, focusing on waveform predictions, higher curvature corrections, and numerical simulations in effective field theories of gravity.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Learning Theory-Informed Priors for Bayesian Inference - A Case Study with Early Dark Energy

Explore novel methods for learning theory-informed priors in Bayesian inference using normalizing flows, with applications to early dark energy models in cosmology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Summer Students' Final Presentations - Part 1

Explore cutting-edge physics research through student presentations on Hamiltonian Monte Carlo simulations, fundamental constants, and more.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Primordial Black Holes from Stochastic Inflation

Explore primordial black holes as dark matter candidates, their inflationary origins, and how stochasticity enhances their abundance.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Gravitational Waves as a Probe of the Early Universe

Explore gravitational waves as a probe of the early Universe, covering search status, stochastic background evidence, data analysis challenges, and new high-frequency detection ideas.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Fluid Dynamics, Edge Modes and Their Applications in Group Theory and QCD

Explore fluid dynamics through group theory, analyzing anomalies and spin-orbit coupling. Delve into color charge dynamics using edge modes in nonabelian gauge theories, leading to QCD color flow equations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Precise Predictions and New Insights for the Migdal Effect

Explore precise predictions for the Migdal effect in particle scattering, including its relevance to dark matter detection and the potential of the HydroX proposal for enhanced sensitivity.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Precise Predictions and New Insights for the Migdal Effect

Explore precise predictions for the Migdal effect in particle scattering, including its relevance to dark matter detection and the potential of the HydroX proposal for enhanced sensitivity.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Learning 4-Dimensional Knot Invariants from the Jones Polynomial

Explore machine learning techniques in knot theory, focusing on learning 4D topological invariants from the Jones polynomial and their implications for understanding knot structures.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video